Abdur-Rahman

Abdur-Rahman was the #1,406 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (19 babies).

Abdur-Rahman as a boy’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Abdur-Rahman as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2197019801990200020102020England & Wales
Abdur-Rahman as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,406 (19)———
2024#1,076 (27)———
2023#1,139 (25)———
2022#1,104 (25)—#779 (3)—
2021#1,329 (19)———
2020#1,111 (24)———
2019#1,253 (20)———
2018#1,455 (17)———
2017#1,021 (29)———
2016#1,271 (21)———
2015#950 (31)——#2,387 (6)
2014#1,012 (28)#680 (3)—#2,133 (7)
2013#976 (29)——#1,771 (9)
2012#1,367 (18)——#1,781 (9)
2011#1,045 (25)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2024 at #1,076.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the England & Wales records since the data begins in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Abdur-Rahman is likely to keep rising in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,700 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
Abdur-RahmanCanadaBoys—too few
Abdur-RahmanEngland & WalesBoys#1,40619
Abdur RahmanIrelandBoys—too few
Abdur-RahmanScotlandBoys—too few